Nellee — #14559 US girls' name
11 babies named Nellee in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Nellee was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nellee in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nellee
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Nellee between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nellee currently holds the #14559 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nellee performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nellee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nellee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nellee at a glance
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Current rank
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Nellee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #14559 among girls.
11 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 6 births in a single year.
Nellee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Nellee's all-time total
Nellee decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nellee's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.